In this age of global competition, your company needs to work extra hard to ensure that it will get the business it deserves. Clear and concise communication will make the difference between attracting your target audience and losing them forever. If the English version of your company's website has numerous spelling and grammatical errors, this will quickly diminish your credibility and reputation. People want to do business with people they can communicate with, that "speak their language"! Shouldn't you be one of them?

All documents that are edited by Global-Proof are reviewed for correct spelling, grammar and style. We will help your message get across equally well in English as it does in your own language by ensuring that your document flows well, the grammar and spelling are correct and your intent is clearly understood. You want to make sure your English customers understand exactly what you are trying to tell them, without any risk of misunderstanding.

A well-written document adheres to the rules of proper English language usage and it must clearly communicate your message. Global-Proof editors perform the following tasks:

• We carefully read your document to ensure that the message flows logically and in sequence.
• We perform a complete grammatical review and check for punctuation errors.
• We review the choice of vocabulary and ensure your words work the right way in English. We will make changes or suggestions if they do not.
• We thoroughly check your document for spelling errors and make the appropriate corrections.

Our editors look at your documents in a completely new way, meaning that we will spot a small error that your in-house staff might have missed due to over-familiarity with the material. We also work hard to ensure we stay in accordance with your company style.

Some of the areas we can help you with include:

• Promotional: Brochures and catalogues, advertising materials such as flyers and posters, presentations
• Technical: Installation, instruction and user guides, technical manuals
• Press: Press releases, media articles, magazine articles, public relations and media articles, publications
• Online: Websites, eBay listings, search-engine optimizations
• In-house: Business plans, annual reports, training manuals
• Correspondence: Business letters, direct mail pieces

Proofreading screens documents to ensure that there are no spelling mistakes, typographical or grammatical errors. It is one final look at a document which has already been edited and formatted to check that everything is in correct and in order. We will:

• Identify and correct any typographical errors.
• Correct punctuation.
• Correct spelling errors.
• Ensure attractive typography by checking layout, margin type and spacing.
• Note incorrect grammar, typography mistakes, lack of spelling consistency and other inconsistencies.

Our copyediting service gives you an expert editorial review which will review your document for consistency, tone and style, ensuring that your document presents a consistently professional image, giving your customers a positive lasting impression of your business.

Copyediting includes all the benefits of proofreading, but goes one step further. Copyediting involves re-working your own copy in order to improve its reading fluency. If you are not a native speaker of English, you might prefer this service, since we can provide you with fluent and articulate copy which works as well in English as it would in your own language. We will:

• Correct spelling and punctuation.
• Correct grammar, syntax and word usage while preserving the meaning and tone of the original text.
• Check for shifts in tone, tense, person and number and then correct them for consistency.
• Notify you or obvious errors or inconsistencies.
• Ensure that certain words are not overused within a paragraph or section of a document.
• Cross-check references, art, figures, tables, equations and other features for consistency with their mentions in the text.
• Impose consistent style and formatting.

Many clients opt to have a "second set of eyes" on their documents as part of the proofreading process. We can offer to have another of our Global-Proof editors perform a "second set of eyes" review of the accepted version of your material. This is an especially beneficial and recommended choice for legal, medical, and technical documents. See our Rates page for more details.

Other Services -

In addition to the proofreading and copyediting services we provide in English, we can also assist you with the following:

• Document translation services from Spanish to English.
• Document translation services from French to English.
• Document translation services from Czech to English.
• Document translation services from Portuguese to English.
• English language grant and proposal writing services.
• Academic thesis and dissertation reviews.